Name: Anaerophaga thermohalophila Denger et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo.ha.lo’phi.la. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, warm, hot; Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; Gr. masc. adj. philos, friend, loving; N.L. fem. adj. thermohalophila, heat and salt loving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 12881; Fru22; OCM 798

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ418048 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Denger K, Warthmann R, Ludwig W, Schink B. Anaerophaga thermohalophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermohalophilic, strictly anaerobic fermentative bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:173-178.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:293-295.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Anaerophaga Denger et al. 2002. Publication: Denger K, Warthmann R, Ludwig W, Schink B. Anaerophaga thermohalophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermohalophilic, strictly anaerobic fermentative bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:173-178.
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Anaerophaga Denger et al. 2002

Assigned by: Denger K, Warthmann R, Ludwig W, Schink B. Anaerophaga thermohalophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermohalophilic, strictly anaerobic fermentative bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:173-178.

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